A review by cooker3
City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire by Roger Crowley

5.0

I have been traveling through the Balkans and as J went North up the Dalmatian Coast I couldn't help but note that practically all the coastal towns were once Venetian; I underestimated how important and vast the Venetian empire was. I wanted to know why and this book was exactly what I was looking for. It is well written, informative but not dry and a great overview of a place, people's and empire I knew next to nothing about. It's highly recommend if you are in the same shoes as me.